Recently, the Institute for Corporate Productivity (i4cp) released “Human Capital Practices that Drive Innovation” — The study includes insight on the innovative practices at Qualcomm, 3M, Flextronics, Proctor and Gamble, and other top performing organizations. The study findings illustrate that innovation in human capital and talent management is often overlooked, but is strongly correlated to market performance–which suggests that leaders in both HR AND the C-suite should pay close attention. Continue reading
Your teams did their market research. They ran an array of consumer insight sessions. They found the customers real Need. They ran professional ideation and storyboard sessions. They created prototypes and performed market tests. They developed their go to market strategy. They executed their plan. Product sales fell dramatically short of expectations. Why? What did they overlook? Continue reading
For international Telcos, the challenge is to embellish the network with services and APIs . To capture local patterns, going in the field and meeting with local mobile app makers and entrepreneurs, connecting trends to innovation Labs, and desiging bespoke enablers, testing, learning and iterating with developers community, are the ingredients of the right formula. Continue reading
Jessica Day shares this greatest hits list of rewards to help develop innovative open innovation programs. Continue reading
A recent study by Andy Cosh and Joanne Jin Zhang of the UK Innovation Research centre set out to examine how companies were using open innovation. The report makes a thought-provoking comparison.. Continue reading
For all the talk about cord cutting, viewership remains strong and TV’s share of the ad market is actually higher than it was a decade ago. In fact, the industry is going through a renaissance of sorts, where old models are mixing with new ones to create a vibrant new marketplace for content. For sure, the economics of TV are changing, but for the better. Continue reading
What does a visualization consultant have to offer on the topic of TV-show consumption? And more importantly, how can insights on the growing phenomenon of binge television viewing provide useful guidance for communications within the workplace? Continue reading
